What’s you preferred choice of profession at the moment: being a judge or an actor?
Judging is the best thing on this planet. And I have a blast when I am judging these kids shows. You get to wear the best of clothes, you have short schedules and above all you are paid for it. What more can you ask for?

Most of your contemporaries like Karisma Kapur, Sonali Bendre and Juhi Chawla are judging television shows these days. Is it a preferred way of life for many actors after films?
More than an easy way it has become a fad now. It is a preferred medium not just for actors like me who are taking it easy, but also for actors who are currently reigning. Look at people like Akshay Kumar, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Amitabh Bachchan, they are even hosting shows on television. There is a lot of exposure in television. The medium has penetrated into remote villages as well. In fact, a newcomer on television is more popular than a slightly established movie star.

Few years back, many believed that heroines have a very short shelf-life. But you and your contemporaries still continue to act. Is the industry more accepting now?
It is not just the industry; it is the audience as well. They don’t mind watching new age cinema or parallel cinema today.

From playing bubbly characters you went on to do certain character oriented films. Was it a conscious shift?

I wanted to evolve mentally and hence did roles that suited me and my personality. I don’t want my kids looking at me and saying, “What are you doing mom?”

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